Cautionary Tales for Children - Softcover

Belloc, Hilaire

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1604595760 ISBN 13: 9781604595765

Publisher: SMK Books, 2009

Synopsis

"Cautionary Tales are traditional folklore stories used to teach children of dangers. Hilaire Belloc's Cautionary Tales have been warning children from danger for over a hundred years. This Book also includes three more of Belloc's works, A Moral Alphabet, A Bad Child's Book of Beasts and More Beasts for Worse Children."

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Review:

PRAISE FOR EDWARD GOREY
"Invaluable to Gorey-ites."--"The New York Review of Books"
"A marvelously entertaining volume . . . I came down on these pages like a wolf on the flock, and devoured them in an afternoon."--"The Washington Post Book World"
"A master of a genre of graphic storytelling and a brilliant draftsman."--"The New York Times Book Review"
"A man of enormous erudition . . . An artist and writer of genius."--"The New Yorker"
"An American original . . . One of this century's foremost eccentric geniuses."--"Print Magazine"
PRAISE FOR EDWARD GOREY

"Invaluable to Gorey-ites."--"The New York Review of Books"

"A marvelously entertaining volume . . . I came down on these pages like a wolf on the flock, and devoured them in an afternoon."--"The Washington Post Book World"

"A master of a genre of graphic storytelling and a brilliant draftsman."--"The New York Times Book Review"

"A man of enormous erudition . . . An artist and writer of genius."--"The New Yorker"

"An American original . . . One of this century's foremost eccentric geniuses."--"Print Magazine"
PRAISE FOR EDWARD GOREY
"Invaluable to Gorey-ites."--The New York Review of Books
"A marvelously entertaining volume . . . I came down on these pages like a wolf on the flock, and devoured them in an afternoon."--The Washington Post Book World
"A master of a genre of graphic storytelling and a brilliant draftsman."--The New York Times Book Review
"A man of enormous erudition . . . An artist and writer of genius."--The New Yorker
"An American original . . . One of this century's foremost eccentric geniuses."--Print Magazine
PRAISE FOR EDWARD GOREY

"Invaluable to Gorey-ites."--The New York Review of Books

"A marvelously entertaining volume . . . I came down on these pages like a wolf on the flock, and devoured them in an afternoon."--The Washington Post Book World

"A master of a genre of graphic storytelling and a brilliant draftsman."--The New York Times Book Review

"A man of enormous erudition . . . An artist and writer of genius."--The New Yorker

"An American original . . . One of this century's foremost eccentric geniuses."--Print Magazine

About the Author:

Edward Gorey (1925-2000) wrote and illustrated such popular books as The Doubtful Guest, The Gashlycrumb Tinies, and The Headless Bust. He was also a very successful set and costume designer, earning a Tony Award for his Broadway production of Edward Gorey's Dracula. Animated sequences of his work have introduced the PBS series Mystery! since 1980.

About this edition

• Publisher: SMK Books
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 1604595760
• ISBN 13: 9781604595765
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 48